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SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2018 (NO. 27 OF 2018) - SECT 168

Power to arrest offender in residential treatment facility suspected of contravening supervision order or interim supervision order

    (1)     A supervision officer or a specified officer may without warrant arrest an offender in a residential treatment facility if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the offender has contravened the conditions of the supervision order or interim supervision order to which the offender is subject, by—

        (a)     committing a serious sex offence; or

        (b)     committing a serious violence offence; or

        (c)     committing an offence referred to in Schedule 3; or

        (d)     engaging in conduct that poses a risk to the good order of the facility; or

        (e)     engaging in conduct that poses a risk to the safety or welfare of—

              (i)     offenders or staff at the facility; or

              (ii)     visitors to the facility.

    (2)     If necessary, a supervision officer or a specified officer may use reasonable force to arrest an offender under subsection (1).

    (3)     A supervision officer or a specified officer who has arrested an offender under subsection (1)—

        (a)     must deliver the offender into the custody of a police officer as soon as practicable after the arrest to be dealt with according to law; and

        (b)     may detain the offender in a suitable place in the residential treatment facility until the offender is delivered into the custody of a police officer under paragraph (a).

Division 3—Contravention of supervision order or interim supervision order



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